my osakazuki Japanese maple! DISASTER NOOOOO
Leslie Tarly Z 5a
7 years ago
Here is my beautiful osakazuki last spring.
and here is my beautiful osakazuki three days ago.
Of all the things I thought might kill this tree, "crushed to death by object falling from a great height" was not one of them. Stupid willows, with their weak, pitiful wood.
What? Is it even broken?
My god. It's still upright. A few branches snapped off, but the second he got the branch off, it started SPRINGING BACK UPWARDS. JM's are flexible trees!
And she's OK. Unbelievable. I did not expect a happy ending, but now I can't wait for spring again! <3
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